*       return value of this method as its cause
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>This method is {@code protected} so that classes like {@code
   * com.google.common.util.concurrent.SettableFuture} do not expose it to their users as an
   * instance method. In the unlikely event that you need to call this method, call {@link

  protected boolean setFuture(ListenableFuture<? extends V> future) {
    checkNotNull(future);

    // If this future is already cancelled, cancel the delegate.
    // TODO(cpovirk): Should we do this at the end of the method, as in the server version?
    // TODO(cpovirk): Use maybePropagateCancellationTo?
    if (isCancelled()) {
      future.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
    }